Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.

Big 12
Colorado
Buffaloes
vs
Big 12
TCU
Horned Frogs
On the field
TCU won 3521 on Oct 4.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
Mixed1.3%
TCU sentiment · 9,897 comments
Positive72%
Neutral9.9%
Negative16.8%
Mixed1.4%
Mood

Who is happier

Fan Score counts positive comments per 1,000, so a loud fanbase cannot buy its way up the board. Positive share tells the same story as a percentage of everything said.

Colorado
TCU

Fan Score

595.4
(better)719.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.5%
(better)72%

Share of all comments that are positive

Edge

Who is harsher

Negativity, toxicity and explicit language, every one of them per 1,000 comments so the two sides stay comparable whatever their volume.

Colorado
TCU

Negativity

306.4
(better)167.5

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

15.2
(better)13.4

Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)

Explicit language

4
(better)2.6

Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.3
0.2Gender0.5
0.1LGBTQIA+0.3
0.5Age0.1

Colorado left, TCU right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.

Subject matter

What they talk about

Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.

Colorado
TCU

Betting talk

4.1
1.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119
74.5

Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday

NIL & portal talk

10.5
3

NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap

Shape of the season

Week by week, side by side

The same season read twice: weekly mood for both comment sections, the weeks the two teams actually met, and where each fanbase lands nationally on the seven topic groups.

Rivalry pulse

Weekly comment shares: Colorado up, TCU down
Colorado positive ↑TCU positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
COLO 21TCU 35
Colorado had the happier comment section in 8 of 22 shared weeks, TCU in 14. When they met on Oct 4, TCU won 35–21; TCU’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Colorado and TCU
Week ofColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative shareTCU resultTCU positive shareTCU negative share
2025-08-23L74.5%12.2%81.1%9.4%
2025-08-3055.8%34.4%W69%12.8%
2025-09-06W L81%11%58.2%15.9%
2025-09-1333.4%54.7%W81.3%9.8%
2025-09-20W72.9%17.9%W L78.7%11.1%
2025-09-27L54%36.8%42.1%46.9%
2025-10-04L48.4%42.9%W76.3%15.1%
2025-10-11W73.5%20.6%L51.3%36.4%
2025-10-1881.3%10.4%W68.4%18.8%
2025-10-25L28.6%61.1%W69.9%18.3%
2025-11-01L42.3%46.4%74.4%12.5%
2025-11-08L58.8%29.2%L35.7%54.7%
2025-11-1561.4%28.6%L52.2%41.9%
2025-11-22L67.4%22.5%W66.5%24.4%
2025-11-29L44.5%45.3%W80.7%11.5%
2025-12-0658.1%29.6%68%16.9%
2025-12-1364%28.1%79.1%9.9%
2025-12-20100%0%90.5%5.8%
2025-12-2760%30%W83%9.3%
2026-01-0354.5%31.8%83.1%11%
2026-01-1065.6%25.6%88.5%3.1%
2026-01-1756.8%33.9%52.4%26.6%
Reactions from that night · Oct 4
Colorado

Run the ball more with Miller being RB1

positiveCoachingFacebook

RUN THE DAMN BALL BEHIND SEATON 40 FREAKING TIMES at TCU!! I don't care if we lose, prove a point and make an identity

positiveCoachingFacebook
TCU

We need the crowd Loud and rocken tonight with free stuff for fans to wave

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Embarrassing y’all can’t beat Colorado in your own home COME ON NOW!!!!!

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.

ColoradoTCU
Harm · COLO +7 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · COLO +3 ptsCollege Sports · COLO +50 ptsOff-Field Storylines · TCU +57 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · COLO +35 pts
Each axis is the team's percentile among ranked FBS teams for that tag group; deltas are gaps in percentile points. Low-volume fanbases are excluded from each cohort.
  • Colorado Harm: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Colorado Explicit Language: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado College Sports: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Off-Field Storylines: 3rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Team & Front Office: 42nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Harm: 14th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Identity-Based Abuse: 9th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Explicit Language: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU College Sports: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Off-Field Storylines: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • TCU Team & Front Office: 7th percentile of ranked FBS teams

The season, felt twice

Weekly positive share for both comment sections on one axis; hover shows the week's combined comment volume. Colorado's positive share was higher in 9 of 22 shared weeks, TCU's in 13.

COLOTCU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: COLO, TCU
Week ofCOLOTCUComments
2025-08-2374.5%81.1%691
2025-08-3055.8%69%2,383
2025-09-0681%58.2%2,425
2025-09-1333.4%81.3%1,355
2025-09-2072.9%78.7%1,421
2025-09-2754%42.1%925
2025-10-0448.4%76.3%876
2025-10-1173.5%51.3%953
2025-10-1881.3%68.4%505
2025-10-2528.6%69.9%1,209
2025-11-0142.3%74.4%798
2025-11-0858.8%35.7%1,057
2025-11-1561.4%52.2%682
2025-11-2267.4%66.5%1,403
2025-11-2944.5%80.7%1,257
2025-12-0658.1%68%1,133
2025-12-1364%79.1%271
2025-12-20100%90.5%164
2025-12-2760%83%2,322
2026-01-0354.5%83.1%370
2026-01-1065.6%88.5%346
2026-01-1756.8%52.4%531
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